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The Greek constellation of Hydra is an adaptation of a Babylonian constellation: the MUL.APIN includes a "serpent" constellation (MUL.DINGIR.MUŠ) that loosely corresponds to Hydra. It is one of two Babylonian "serpent" constellations (the other being the origin of the Greek Serpens), a mythological hybrid of serpent, lion and bird. [2]
NGC 5135 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is located at a distance of about 200 million light years from Earth. It was discovered by John Herschel on May 8, 1834. [ 2 ]
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NGC 3336 is a barred spiral galaxy [2] [3] located about 190 million light-years away [4] in the constellation Hydra. [2] It was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 24, 1835. [ 5 ] [ 3 ] NGC 3336 is a member of the Hydra Cluster .
NGC 3200 is a large spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,877 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 57.2 ± 4.0 Mpc (~187 million ly). NGC 3200 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden in 1882. [1]
NGC 3585 is an elliptical or a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. It is located at a distance of circa 60 million light-years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3585 is about 80,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on December 9, 1784. [3]
Messier 48 or M48, also known as NGC 2548, is an open cluster of stars in the equatorial constellation of Hydra. It sits near Hydra's westernmost limit with Monoceros, [7] about 18° 34′ to the east and slightly south of Hydra's brightest star, Alphard. [8]
NGC 5078 is a spiral galaxy in the Hydra constellation, approximately 94 million light-years away from Earth. [2] It has a diameter of 127,000 light-years and is probably a member of the NGC 5061 group. [3]